saltwater.jpgThe Better Half spotted this license plate today at the Car Wash. I normally blur the license out in photos I put on this site, but you need to see this one to follow the story.

“I don’t get that guy’s plate,” she said.

I looked at the plate and quickly deduced that it was code for “Saltwater.”

I told her that Na was the chemical symbol for sodium and that Cl stands for chloride. “Combined,” I said, “it’s the chemical symbol for salt. Add that to ‘WTR’ and I get ’saltwater.’”

“OK,” she said, “I don’t speak NERD.”

“Well,” I said, “It’s a good thing you have your own NERD to translate for you.”

(Laughter)

And to the dude in the Audi, clever plate, man.